The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-20
FOUR BEARS IN ONE DAY.
TWO SCRANTON sPoRTsMEN HAVE LOTS
OF FUN IN THE POCONO WOODa

Squirrels, and o Hares the Days Result.
SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. 16.-A light snow fell
on the Pocono Mountains and In the Lacka-
wanna valley on Friday OF last week, and on
Friday afternoon two Scranton sportsmen,
each armed with Winchester repeating rifle,
bulldog revolver, and long-baded knife,
took Delaware. Lackawanna ana western
train for Tobyhanna Mills. At the latter place
they hired a rig and drove over to Leander
Holdridges little farm. three miles TO the south.
from which they were to start on bear
hunt with Leander and Nose Brownell
early on the following morning. On their
way over to Leander's the sportsmen got
lots OF exercise without exertinR them
selves much. for the wagon jolted con-
stantly as 1t logged along through the
deep ruts and over the stones, and 1t was Just
in the edge OF the evening when they pulled up
at Leander's humble habltation on one Of the
most picturesque and slightly slopes Of the
Pocono region. The sky was cloudy. the
ground was covered with snow, and It was
freezing little when Leander, In response to
a yell, came out and greeted his guests most
cordially He stands six feet three in his
socks, his shoulders arc broad and massive,
there was q kindly and gentle look in his
brown eyes as he held the lantern In front OF
his face, and an enormous tawny beard COM
| pletely covered his big chest. He Is as jovial
| and good-natured fellow as ever pulled q
trigger, and he can give the average city
sportsman some very nice pointers about the
bear and how to hunt him successfully. When
the horse had been put In the stable Leander
examined the guns and revolvers and said:
Guess the bears II have to lay low to-mor-
rer II they want to live to steal sheep fur their
Christmas eve suppers," and then no conducts
| his visitors into the house, where pleasant
| faced and neat little Mrs. Holdridge had
warm and excellent supper all ready to be put
on the table. At supper Leander said: II don't
know as you gentlemen II git a chance to pop
over many bear with them big guns, but
guess me n Nose II manage to show you some
fun fore to-morrer night at this time"
After supper Leander said he guessed he
would 60 over and tell Nose to have his dogs
and everything else ready by daylight. and
when he came back he kept his guests in the
best OF spirits for two hours by telling them
entertaining and amusing hunting stories
about his own experiences in the Pocono
WOODS and swamps. as they all sat smoking
and drinking cider around the kitchen stove.
:, Leander called his guests long before day.
they got up in a jiffy. A steaminR breakfast
was ready when they went down stairs. and,
Just beginning to appear in the east. The SKY SKY
was overcast with heavy dark clouds, and Lee
lunch basket was filled, and then the party e et
their shooting irons and went to the barn
Allied with hay into this the hunters OUTFIT mft
was a carefully packed, and everything got In
s th ior long days outing In the haunts
. Nose Nose BFowneII was on hand with three dogs,
Toned tin dinner horn. He is a hardy. cadaver-
eus s FELLOW Of thirty with no
ms ike spa he
necessary He Is as alert and keen-eyed as an |
Indian, a., and he ehews tobacco like q sailor.
as himself, and the third was shaggy , + beast,
whose tail dragged and was sopping wet. They
htched to the hind end Of the v wagon. When
fe,vs EYER Tns ready Leander stepped into
ing bulldog. which he lifted into the wagon.
,,n, This h,is feers name is Bismarck but we call
The s hPeat hsy n VIE
West over rocky and rooty roadway. A light
Pre- S game up from the northwest and whs-
then a startled hare leaped from the copse and
squirrels scampered over the e rocks and skipped
nt9 convenient trees. chattering as they went,
and p pa. with whirring wings !luttered
small game 6nt the hqnteTs we're out ; for wi" BIZ
on the way. About forty rods ahead the
e hue va pn roDss sdEs
bang awayat them. but they capered out Of
sight, 81 ;b,S when they heard tho wagon At the end
region was reached. Moses three dogs ploddsd
along silently behind the wagon, but the bull
eurs to make him behave himself Beyond the
moist space the route became rough again and
We'll hitch here" he said.
,Between seven and eight mile"
ae ss WE, ss then tied
dogs and started along the base Of the hi to.
Ike blazes the moment he saw bear or found
y 1T, the dogs had tackled one or brought him
and cutting him Whenever be. got fier y Fo s
half mile the three followed Nose. a few rods
Bear Al ras Ct G bg soE hsy heard him YELL
Then he let the dogs loose, buckled their
I Wb eSa around Ms waist and followed them
the he wind. giving tongue to their eaGerness,
t Of hs hs shn Ths in the
but Le1ndsr soon quoted him and made him
scranton sportsmen were In the dark as to I
what h head Mmean. to do with the strong
IN thicket on the side Of the hill, But 1.-THE the
musical bark OF the well-trained animals could
SUI De nearu along the RIDGE over the summit
the dogs soon passed into hollow, through ]
which they galloped to the foot of another hifi.
By the time Leander and his companions had ,
reached the top Of the ridge the dogs and Nose /.
were crashing through the brush and berry t
bushes well up on the side of the hill, in zig.
gag course toward the south. the baying OF tho @
logs growing sharper and more frequent as 9
hey progressed. The snow was now melting 2
'een in It; and 1t was evident Leander said =
hat the bear was not very far ahead of the !
logs and Nose. Then he added
, Now we'll scoot down through this holler to b
he mouth Of that air gorge, and l. the bears ;
IN top OF the hill he'll Jest as likely as not y
Chamber over tho cliff and make for the gorge Il
% git away from the dogs" /
The entrance to the rocky ravine was at
east three-gunrterS Of u milo ahead, and tho
larty made for 1t on the double quick When v
hey got there streak Of sunlight streamed 4
Trough the broken clouds and told them that ..
t was near noon. For Il few minutes nothing +,
vas heard from the dogs. and the party !
marched up the ravine for short distance and y
topped, i was not long before they heard \
he trees on the summit, and a moment later !.
epeated blasts from Moses hunting. horn u u
ounded merrily through the woods and gave .
lotlce to the, party. below that the dogs were :